HISTORIC SHIFT: Lebanon Becomes First Arab Country To Abolish Death Penalty

According to the-yeshiva-world: HISTORIC SHIFT: Lebanon Becomes First Arab Country To Abolish Death Penalty. [unsupported]

According to the-yeshiva-world: Lebanon's parliament has approved legislation ending capital punishment, making Lebanon the first Arab country to formally abolish the death penalty. [unsupported]

According to the-yeshiva-world: Under the new law, death sentences will be replaced by life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor. [unsupported]

According to the-yeshiva-world: Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004, although courts continued issuing death sentences that were later suspended. [unsupported]

According to the-yeshiva-world: Lebanon's parliament has approved legislation ending capital punishment, making Lebanon the first Arab country to formally abolish the death penalty. [unsupported]

According to the-yeshiva-world: Under the new law, death sentences will be replaced by life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor. [unsupported]

According to the-yeshiva-world: Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004, although courts continued issuing death sentences that were later suspended or commuted. [unsupported]